An Amish man has admitted sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Parkman Township.
Raymond F. Miller, 18, of Parkman Township, pleaded guilty Monday in Geauga County Common Pleas Court to rape.
He now faces between three and 11 years in prison when he is sentenced in six to eight weeks by Judge Forrest W. Burt.
Miller must register as a sex offender for the rest of his life once he is released.
“You cannot live within 1,000 feet of a school. That includes Amish schools,” Burt warned.
The judge has revoked Miller’s bond.
The incident occurred June 7, prosecuting attorney Christopher Joyce said.
Geauga County Prosecutor James Flaiz said Miller knew the victim from the neighborhood, and that the rape occurred in a wooded area.
Miller, in court with county Public Defender R. Robert Umholtz, was originally charged with an additional count of rape, kidnapping, sexual battery and gross sexual imposition.
He did not speak in court except to quietly answer the judge’s basic questions.
Ten members of the Amish community attended the hearing.